To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.